On The Fly: WNBA All-Star Game Back At Mohegan Sun

Eastern Conference guard Cappie Pondexter (23) of the New York Liberty and Western Conference guard Diana Taurasi (03) of the Phoenix Mercury smile during the 2013 WNBA All Star Game at Mohegan Sun.

Eastern Conference guard Cappie Pondexter (23) of the New York Liberty and Western Conference guard Diana Taurasi (03) of the Phoenix Mercury smile during the 2013 WNBA All Star Game at Mohegan Sun. (Danny Wild / USA TODAY Sports)

Once again, WNBA stars will shine at Mohegan Sun

The Mohegan Sun is having a press conference Wednesday. The expected announcement: the WNBA All-Star Game is returning to the casino this year. ... Tired of ice fishing; Opening Day of trout fishing season has been moved from the third to second Saturday in April, so this year it is April 11. ... Bubba Watson, Jason Day and Kevin Streelman have committed to play in the 2015 Travelers Championship. Watson and Day are both ranked in the top five in the Official World Golf Rankings and Streelman is the defending champion. ... Michael Sam, the first openly gay player drafted into the NFL, will be in this season's "Dancing With The Stars."… Gone after nine seasons and two Super Bowls is Giants defensive end Mathias Kiwanuka. The team released him.

Let's see how this one flies: California Assemblyman Tony Thurmond introduced legislation Tuesday to eliminate the use of tobacco products, including smokeless, at all baseball venues in California. It is being called the "Knock Tobacco Out of the Park" campaign. According to the press release, the legislation would send a powerful message that tobacco has no place near "our nation's kids or our national pastime." Sure, the measure has good intentions, but good luck getting it passed. Seems like tobacco, especially smokeless, has been part of the national pastime, too. ... The U.S. Department of Education's Office of Civil Rights says New York City high schools need to provide at least 3,862 more spots on teams for girls in order to achieve gender equity. The New York City Department of Education will survey high school girls to see what their athletic desires are.

ESPN announced Tuesday it was taking Keith Olbermann off the air for the rest of the week following some stinging tweet exchanges with Penn State fans. On Monday, a Penn State alum tweeted to Olbermann "We Are!" followed by a link to an article about students raising more than $13 million to fight pediatric cancer. Olbermann replied "…Pitiful," likely meant to be a joke playing off of the PSU motto "We Are!"

Read more: http://www.businessinsider.com/espn-suspends-keith-olbermann-for-a-week-2015-2#ixzz3Si9c0RuMApparently there were some more tweets from Olbermann, who said he was referring to Penn State students in general, not the fundraising. He apologized on Twitter Tuesday but by then it was too late. ... It's all in who you know: Cubs exec Theo Epstein, a former Red Sox honcho, has hired Manny Ramirez (hitting consultant) and Kevin Youkilis (part-time job as scouting/player development consultant). ... And, finally, bring on March Madness!